I’m sure you’ve all heard about this one by now, right? Fresh from filing for divorce from his wife of 12 years, actor Eddie Murphy took up with struggling single mom, and former “Scary”Spice Girl, Melanie Brown. Reports claim that their relationship started in June.
Cut to this past Monday: When asked by a Dutch interviewer about the baby that Mel is obviously carrying, Murphy snaps “We’re not together anymore… And I don’t know whose child that is, until it comes out and has a blood test.”
OK. No big deal, you say. Thanks to Hollywood, we’ve been well inoculated against stories like this. In a world that is regularly subjected to clips of Anna Nicole Smith slurring sweet nothings to her poor, helpless baby, and graphic photos of Britney Spears’ quivering c-section scar, news that an aging, has-been comedian may or may not have fathered a Spice Girl’s baby, is a drop in the bucket.
But here’s the twist:
Word is that the Dutch interview in which Eddie revealed that he and Melanie were no longer a couple, aired as she was boarding a flight from London to L.A. Melanie only learned that her boyfriend had, in fact, become her former boyfriend, when she deplaned and checked her voicemail, on which concerned and confused friends left several messages.
So. Not only did Eddie not even have the balls to dump his pregnant girlfriend in person – it turns out that he didn’t actually dump her at all! This poor woman woke up Monday morning, without a care in the world. But by the end of the day, she found out, via voicemail – that just seems particularly cruel to me - that in one fell swoop, her lover had dumped her, and disowned their unborn child. On international television.
Can. You. Imagine??
In a statement released Thursday, Melanie made her feelings clear. “I am obviously upset and distressed at some of the comments made by Eddie Murphy to the media…” the statement read. "I have no idea why anybody would want to conduct themselves in this kind of manner… I was astonished at what Eddie said. There is absolutely no question that Eddie is the father.”
Maybe I’ll be proved wrong, but not for one millisecond, do I believe that Eddie Murphy “doesn’t know” if that baby is his. Who does this guy think he’s fooling? This isn’t just some one-night-stand-floozy claiming that Eddie Murphy is her baby daddy; this is the woman he has been with for several months. This is the woman he and his children spent Thanksgiving with, as a happy, blended family. For Christ’s sake, the woman is in her second trimester of pregnancy– she’s AT LEAST three months pregnant. Did he not notice? What the hell?
The brazen pomposity of this man shocks and sickens me. And I just want to say, for the record, that I am soooo on Team Melanie.
What do you think? Is this a publicity stunt? Is Melanie hiding something? Or is Eddie Murphy just the biggest ass EVER?
